Ben Bragdon is deputy managing editor for local news, overseeing enterprise reporting projects for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
Our View: As abortion rights disappear, Collins plays the victim
Maine’s senior senator has refused to assert herself when women’s reproductive rights are on the line.
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Scholars Strategy Network: The tax code is unfair, but it doesn’t have to be
Americans don’t seem to agree about much today. But one thing they do agree on is that the American tax code is unfair. A 2017 Pew Research poll found that 56% of Americans, including majorities of both Democrats and Republicans, viewed the tax system as unfair. Political scientist Vanessa Williamson’s research shows that Americans actually […]
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Our View: UMaine chancellor wrong to withhold allegations against new UMA president
The failure makes for an awful start for Michael Laliberte, and brings uncertainty — again — to the university.
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PublishedMay 8, 2022
Hilary Koch: My pen pal, and other Ukrainians, deserve a return to peace
Americans should ask themselves whether we are doing enough, and whether we’re doing the right things.
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PublishedMay 7, 2022
View from Away: Leaked draft in abortion case is a loss for the US Supreme Court
Star Tribune (TNS)
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PublishedMay 7, 2022
Commentary: The US response to COVID-19 hasn’t been a train wreck. We’re just average
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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PublishedMay 6, 2022
Our View: 11 tons per mile? Maine’s got to stop using so much road salt
A new report shows how the state has to rethink its winter road maintenance strategy near vulnerable waterways.
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PublishedMay 3, 2022
Our View: Sen. Collins should step up for abortion rights
Concerns that her Supreme Court votes would help restrict reproductive rights have been validated. But it’s not too late to put Roe v. Wade in federal law.
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PublishedMay 3, 2022
Our View: Kids under 5 need a vaccine, and exhausted parents need a break
Everything we know shows that the shots are safe and effective, even for the youngest children.
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PublishedMay 2, 2022
View from Away: Like pet rocks and bell bottoms, 1970s bad economic news is back to haunt Biden
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
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